The kitchen garden is packed with goodies. Everywhere you turn there is something good to eat. I love my backyard pantry but unlike the one filled with tins of food this one has it’s own mind and can catch you out if you don’t have your wits about... Most of my days I spend thinking. Churning over plans, ideas, problems and endless to do lists as I potter on with my chores.  Even in the middle of the night my mind keeps working, it’s an annoying habit I wish I could break. I have high hopes that the... It is 147 steps from the kitchen garden to the compost bins. Try doing that with a wheelbarrow laden with composting materials. I have and after a year of uphill staggering I’ve had enough. Pushing the barrow, often losing half of the contents as I travel... Seems that being a little more traditional about my garlic planting may have reaped benefits. I planted the cloves soon after the shortest day as tradition prescribes and within only a few short weeks progress was good but I still didn’t want to get my hopes... Wellington’s famous winds have been thrashing our land this year like no other I remember in the three years since we moved into the house. Our trees have really suffered and we’ve lost at least three which have been blown out of the ground or snapped in... 